Criminal Court Cases in Crockett County
Crockett County divides criminal cases by charge level. The 112th District Court hears felonies. It is a five-county circuit serving Crockett, Pecos, Reagan, Sutton, and Upton Counties, with Crockett listed as its primary location. The constitutional County Court handles Class A and Class B misdemeanors. Fine-only Class C and traffic matters go to the countywide Precinct 1 Justice Court. Crockett County has no county court at law and no municipal court, so a search that assumes an Ozona city court can miss the proper county office.
The Crockett County combined County and District Clerk keeps the District Court felony files and County Court misdemeanor files at the Crockett County Courthouse. Crockett County Justice Court records remain with that court. Each file is tied to its own cause number and court. Ask for the docket sheet, filed charge, judgment, sentence, orders, and any appeal notice, not merely a name match.
The official District Clerk page shows the local contact route for Crockett County criminal filings.
That office is the practical starting point when a Crockett County felony or misdemeanor case number is unknown.
Which Crockett County Court Has the Case?
Begin with the charge level, but treat the arresting officer's first label as provisional. A prosecutor may file a different offense, reduce a count, add a count, or decline to file. A felony accusation filed in Crockett County belongs in the 112th District Court. An information generally charges a misdemeanor in County Court, while an indictment is the grand jury's formal felony accusation. Fine-only matters can stay with Judge Evelyn C. Kerbow's countywide Justice Court.
| Court | Criminal work | Contact route |
|---|---|---|
| 112th District Court | Felonies | Combined clerk, 325-392-2022 |
| Crockett County Court | Class A and B misdemeanors | Combined clerk, 325-392-2022 |
| Precinct 1 Justice Court | Class C and traffic cases | 325-392-2253 |
| Eighth Court of Appeals | Regional appeals | Appeal record begins with the trial clerk |
The Crockett County Justice Court page confirms its direct contact and traffic-payment route.
This separate office matters because its fine-only docket does not merge into the combined clerk's District and County Court records.
Crockett County Case Record Searches
No official Crockett County page offers a confirmed public criminal docket search. A complete search therefore starts with the custodian and uses statewide tools as supplements. Have the defendant's full legal name, approximate filing or arrest year, known cause number, and the likely court ready. Ask whether staff accepts a date of birth through its approved channel before sending that sensitive detail.
- Call the Crockett County combined clerk at 325-392-2022 for felony and Class A or B misdemeanor files, or call the Justice Court at 325-392-2253 for fine-only matters.
- Give the full legal name, former spellings, and a likely year. Provide the cause number when known.
- Ask which Crockett County court holds the file and whether the search covered archived years as well as the current index.
- Request the Crockett County docket, charging instrument, judgment, sentence, and specific orders needed for the record review.
- Ask about inspection, remote delivery, retrieval time, plain copies, certified copies, and the current charge before ordering.
| Field | Type | Required | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defendant full legal name | Text | Practical minimum | List former spellings separately |
| Cause number | Text | No | Most precise court-file key |
| Filing or arrest year | Year | No | Helps with archive retrieval |
| Date of birth | Date | Office-dependent | Ask how the clerk accepts it |
| Court | Selection | No | District, County, or Justice Court |
| Offense | Text | No | Use only as a narrowing clue |
Note: A no-result response should prompt a second check of both Crockett County trial courts, former spellings, archived years, and newly filed matters.
Call the Crockett County Criminal Clerk First
The Office of Court Administration identifies iDocket as Crockett County's case-management system. Yet the public county page links iDocket only for property indexes and images. That vendor reference does not prove that criminal dockets or document images are open online. Call the combined clerk before relying on it. Ask whether remote criminal access is active, which years are indexed, and whether sealed or restricted entries are suppressed.
Ninfa Preddy is the listed Crockett County combined County and District Clerk. The office is at 909 Avenue D, Ozona, Texas 76943, with mail sent to P.O. Drawer C, Ozona, TX 76943. The phone is 325-392-2022, fax is 325-392-3742, and the published email is ninfa.preddy@co.crockett.tx.us. Hours, copy prices, certification charges, archive fees, and advance retrieval rules are not published. Confirm each before a trip or order.
Combined County and District Clerk
909 Avenue D
P.O. Drawer C
Ozona, TX 76943
325-392-2022
Fax: 325-392-3742
The official County Clerk page documents the shared local office.
The shared counter consolidates custody of two Crockett County court levels, but each case still belongs to its proper court.
What a Criminal Case File Contains
A Crockett County court file records prosecution, not just arrest. The cause-number header identifies the court, filing date, case type, and status. The filed complaint, information, or indictment states the formal charge. Docket entries then mark settings, appearances, motions, pleas, orders, trial events, and the final disposition. Bond data may appear, but custody status should still be checked with the jail when it matters.
| Cause Number and Court | The file key, trial court, filing date, case type, and current status. |
|---|---|
| Charging Instrument | The complaint, information, or indictment, with counts, statute, and offense class or degree. |
| Docket Entries | Filed papers, hearings, motions, pleas, trial activity, and orders in date order. |
| Parties and Counsel | State, defendant, and attorneys; protected victim details may be redacted. |
| Disposition and Judgment | Dismissal, acquittal, conviction, deferred adjudication, or another resolved status. |
| Sentence and Finance | Confinement or community supervision, fines, costs, restitution where public, and concurrency. |
A certified Crockett County judgment is often the strongest single proof of the outcome. Ask for certification when an official copy is needed. The clerk has not posted a local fee schedule, so request the current price and delivery method.
Booking Charges and Crockett County Court Filings
A booking entry captures the allegation at intake. The court file captures what the prosecutor later filed. Those entries can differ without either record being false. A Crockett County Sheriff's deputy may create an arrest report, jail staff create a booking record, and the prosecutor choose a different count before the Crockett County clerk opens the court file. A DPS Highway Patrol arrest can split the records further: DPS retains the incident report, Crockett County Jail holds booking data, and the local clerk holds the prosecution.
Do not treat the DPS Criminal History Conviction Name Search as a replacement for the case file. Its public scope covers Texas conviction and deferred-adjudication information, not every pending, dismissed, no-billed, or acquitted Crockett County case. A pending local matter may produce an empty DPS public search. Compare the filed charge and judgment before drawing any conclusion from an arrest label.
Note: An arrest or booking charge is an accusation, while the filed instrument and judgment show how the court case actually developed.
Criminal Case Stages in Crockett County
A Crockett County criminal case develops in a sequence, though a dismissal or plea can end it before trial. After arrest and prompt magistration, the prosecutor reviews the allegation. A misdemeanor information or a grand jury indictment supplies the filed charge. Arraignment is the appearance when the charge is read and a plea is received. Pretrial settings allow motions, discovery work, and negotiations. A plea or trial leads to a disposition, followed by sentencing when guilt is adjudicated.
Case flow: Charges Filed › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing
The Crockett County docket sheet is the map through that flow. It may also show a capias, a court writ directing arrest, or a later motion to revoke community supervision. An appeal begins after the trial-court record is prepared, so the local cause file remains the starting point even when review moves to the Eighth Court of Appeals.
Reading Crockett County Criminal Case Outcomes
Outcome words are not interchangeable. A dismissal ends that charge without a conviction, subject to rules on refiling. An acquittal is a not-guilty finding after trial. A no bill means the grand jury declined the proposed indictment. Deferred adjudication places a person on supervision without an initial final finding of guilt, but it can remain in the DPS public product unless an order of nondisclosure applies.
- Disposition
- The recorded result of a charge, such as conviction, dismissal, acquittal, or deferred adjudication.
- Judgment
- The court's formal written decision, including the offense and result.
- Sentence
- The punishment ordered after conviction, which may include confinement, a fine, or community supervision.
- Concurrent
- Two or more confinement terms that run at the same time.
- Consecutive
- Terms that run one after another.
Texas calls probation-like court oversight community supervision. If a docket says supervision was revoked or deferred adjudication was adjudicated, request the later order and judgment. A one-line status may omit the detail needed to understand the final result.
Appeals from Crockett County Criminal Cases
The Eighth Court of Appeals is the regional appellate court identified through the District Clerk. A notice of appeal and the trial court's preparation of the clerk's record appear first in Crockett County. The appellate court then keeps its own cause number, orders, briefs, and opinion. Search both levels when a judgment was reviewed, because the Crockett County trial file proves what the lower court entered while the appellate record shows whether that judgment was affirmed, reversed, or sent back.
For statewide discovery, re:SearchTX can expose records from participating Texas courts. Coverage, document access, and account rights vary, so an absent Crockett County result is not proof that no file exists.
The statewide interface is best treated as a second route after the clerk, especially for records that may not be imaged for public users.
Access Rules for Case Records
Crockett County judicial case files follow court and clerk access rules rather than the same process used for a sheriff's executive-branch records. The Texas Public Information Act governs many agency records, but court files are administered through judicial access law and the clerk's procedures. Ask the clerk for an existing docket or document. Do not frame the request as a demand that staff answer research questions or create a new report.
Access may be limited for juvenile matters, sealed or expunged records, victim-identifying details, protected personal identifiers, and some pending material. Online displays may also show less than the paper file. When a case does not appear, give the clerk the cause number if possible and ask about archives, name variants, restricted status, and cases too new for a public-facing system. A fingerprint-supported DPS self-review can help trace a state record, but it does not unlock a sealed court file.
The Justice Court's official page links GovRec for traffic citation payment, not as a confirmed countywide criminal search.
The screen can help with an eligible citation payment, but it should not be read as a full docket, judgment archive, or warrant-clearing certificate.